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  1. Log in with your SLAC Unix username and password. 

  2. Ignore the Public Key Authentication option – that will not work well since it will not give you an AFS token.

  3. To start a new session, click on the plus box: 

  4. Inside the command box, type a ssh command like this:

       xterm -e ssh rhel6-64.slac.stanford.edu

     

  5. When your xterm session starts, you may wish to start a lightweight window manager so you can resize and move windows around inside your browser window:

    Type these two commands inside your xterm window:

       twm &
       xsetroot -solid grey

     

  6. Now you can start your linux application by typing the command inside your xterm window.

    For example:

       gimp &
       firefox &

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